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On Saturday, Jan. 14, 2017, Art Acevedo, current chief of the Houston Police Department and former chief of the Austin Police Department, returned to Huston-Tillotson University in Austin to speak on the Race & Policing in Texas panel during the Race & Public Policy symposium hosted by the Texas Tribune. (RESHMA KIRPALANI / AMERICAN-STATESMAN)

The disappearance of a historic Super Bowl item makes for some flashy headlines, but Austin’s former police chief is keeping cool about the search.

“It might be the highest priority for [the] lieutenant governor, I can tell you we had three homicides the night of the Super Bowl in the city of Houston, and we’d like to find it, but I don’t think we’re burning the midnight oil worrying about a jersey.” Acevedo said. “It’s just not the biggest, greatest importance in the big scheme of things.”

The chief mentioned he told his staff to keep their priorities in check.